Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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LEO A. CODD. President of the Guil- ford debating Society of 1915-1916. Vice-Presi- dent during 1914-1915. Prefect of Senior So- dality. Winner of the IViaryland Peace Con- test, honorably award- ed second place in tbr following group state’s contest, and awarded second place in the last Public Debate are some of the honored positions and notable victories at- tained by the tall, good- looking, ever - smiling Senior. Besides being oratori- cally, literary, poetically and philosophically bent, we must add he has found time to assume the role of Pro- fessor, and in such capacity does he teach his native tongue to his night classes of English on every Tuesday and Thursday evening within the same walls that during the day inclose him as a student. For diversion he is wont to roam on hill and dale and verdant green, believing with the poet: One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man. Of moral evil and of good Than all the sages can. We believe that in future years the Halls of Congress shall vibrate with the eloquence of his oratory, and the legal pro- fession which he intends to enter be enriched by his ability. (25)

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ANTHONY V. BUCHNESS. Made his debut at Loy- ola in 1908. Has shone as a star in the Math- ematic firmament. Win- ner of prizes and pre- miums each year in Mathematics, Chemis- try and Physics. Cap- tain of the basketball team, 1915-16, one of its most successful sea- sons. Launched out into the sea of oratory this year by entering the preliminaries for the public debate. Has an enviable reputation as an all-around athlete. A great factor in put- ting Loyola in that basketball realm which she enjoys today. As a baseball player he has been our favor- ite. Ran a tie race in the class balloting as our best all-around class man. Tony has a widening circle of friends due to his good nature and optimistic disposition. A teacher of mathe- matics at Loyola, also on the teaching staff of the Baltimore public night schools. Spends his spare time looking for wan- dering amoebae. Set him down to a mathematical problem that looks as impossible as a canoe ride up Paca street, and like the kid in the Pear’s soap ad., “he won’t be happy ’till he gets it.” It’s a toss-up whether he looks more natural sitting in a philosophic circle or standing outside a geometric circle. Tony is known and well liked by the faculty and student body. Physically large, his heart has grown in proportion with the rest of his body. A ready debater and an artist. (24)

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J. NEIL CORCORAN. Our efficient class president since Fresh- man. Voted our hand- somest man. Started out with us in 1908 after winning class prizes in prep. The passing years have seen him develop into a brilliant orator and a capable debater. Won the premium in the oratorical contest of 1915. The Jenkins’ medal for the public de- bate of the present year was won by him. Sec- retary of the college so- dality. An all-around athlete and captain of the basketball team in 1914-15. When in a full dress suit the girls clasp their hands and say “Divine!” A frequent visitor to tonsorial parlors (?). Has a whole victrola concealed in his throat and at unknown intervals selections from Caruso appear — and soon disappear. Insists that Father Ooghe’s room is an ideal place to compose philoso- phic dissertations. Calculates incessantly and is still trying to figure out the size spats the Goddess of Liberty would wear. Never tires in his effort to discover a perfect stonewort. His ambition has led him deeply into the sciences. Every time he picks up a tweezers or looks through a hand lens, the old-time scientists, such as Pasteur, etc., shudder in fear of becoming a burden on humanity because of their uselessness. A sincere student, a remarkable speaker, popuar and handsome, no won- der his years at Loyola have been marked by numerous friendships. (26)